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Antonyms for orientalori·en·tal

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. orientalnoun

    Antonyms:
    occidental

  2. orientalnoun

    In, of or otherwise related to the Orient.

    Note: this term is considered by some to be objectionable in American English.

    Antonyms:
    occidental

  3. orientaladjective

    Or, like or otherwise relating to the Oriental people and culture.

    Note: this term is considered by some to be objectionable in American English.

    Antonyms:
    occidental

  4. orientaladjective

    Of or relating to the biogeographic part of Asia south of the Himalayas, including part of the Malay archipelago.

    Antonyms:
    occidental

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. orientaladjective

    denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia

    "oriental civilization"

    Antonyms:
    western

How to use oriental in a sentence?

  1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

    Moving to oriental or jazz while listening to drum beats or trance, take your own time and improvise. Wait not, now is the time to release the dancing vibes

  2. Ibrahim Dawoud:

    This is a battle of life or death, i teach oriental music, but at the same time we love our people and we can’t allow them get anywhere near our people.

  3. Yossi Ziegler:

    Professor Ordinarius of Oriental Languages and Professor Extra-Ordinarius of Theology at Alma MaterGiessen.

  4. Roy Thomas:

    Don't these people have something better to do than to worry about the fact that Iron Fist in 1974 isn't Oriental, or whatever word, i know Oriental isn't the right word now, either.

  5. Yang Moo-jin:

    North Korea primarily offers natural tourist attractions and appears to believe they can be a money maker if combined with elements of oriental medicine, which many Chinese people like.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1020western
#7438oriental
#26650occidental

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